yeoldstinkeye’s Journal – The Origins of The Stoner Genre. – Last.fm http://www.last.fm/user/yeoldstinkeye/journal/2009/04/07/2molbc_the_or... Profile yeoldstinkeye Library Journal Charts The Origins of The Stoner Genre. 7 Apr 2009, 17:51 Events Friends Neighbours Groups Journal Tags JPT Scare Band - Sleeping Sickness JPT Scare Band has been blazing psychedelic trails for quite some time now. Over the years and decades they have managed to progress from totally unknown to painfully obscure. In spite of all that… they are still together, with the original lineup intact. Still making meaningful music in the 21st century, this veteran group of jammers is also proud of their vast legacy of classic twisted insanity recorded back in olden analogue times. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Black Sabbath is an English heavy metal band from Birmingham, originally comprising Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Geezer Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums). In the early ’70s they were the first to pair heavily distorted, sonically dissonant blues-rock. Agitation Free - 2nd Agitation Free is a German avant-garde rock band. The band formed in 1967 with Michael “Fame” Günther (bass), Lutz “Lüül” Ulbrich (guitar), Lutz “Ludwig” Kramer (guitar) and Christoph Franke (drums). They were initially called Agitation, a name they chose at random from a dictionary. Later, they added the word free to the name becoming Agitation Free to reflect their live performance style. Black Merda - Black Merda The band’s original lineup included Anthony “Wolf” Hawkins, VC L. “The Mighty V” Veasey, and Tyrone Hite; they were later joined by Anthony’s brother, Charles. They were first popular as a local and national backup band under various names: Impact, The Fabulous Impacs and the Soul Agents. The group provided backup for Motown recording artists Edwin Starr and The Spinners as well as for Brunswick recording artists Gene Chandler, The Artistics, Billy Butler and The Chilites. Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum Blue Cheer is an American blues rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s, who helped to pioneer heavy metal music. Based in San Francisco, original personnel were singer/bassist Dickie Peterson, guitarist Leigh Stephens, and drummer Paul Whaley. A power trio, the band was named after a variety of LSD promoted by underground chemist and Grateful Dead backer Owsley Stanley. This variety of LSD took its name from a popular laundry detergent. Their first hit was a cover version of Eddie Cochran’s “Summertime Blues” from their debut album Vincebus Eruptum (1968). Brainbox - Brainbox Holland’s Brainbox was part of the North- European Invasion consisting of Stockholm’s ABBA, Shocking Blue from the Netherlands, Denmark’s the Savage Rose, and, of course, Blue Swede, a convergence a bit more subtle than the British Invasion and spanning over a decade. While H.P. Lovecraft kept changing members around the drummer, this band would release a record with totally new people in 1972, that work entitled Parts. Yet the original Brainbox does have qualities somewhat resembling the earlier H.P. Lovecraft, and is a worthwhile collection of musically diverse and eclectic performances. The decent liner notes call this “progressive pop,” and in some 1 of 2 5/31/2009 10:54 PM yeoldstinkeye’s Journal – The Origins of The Stoner Genre. – Last.fm http://www.last.fm/user/yeoldstinkeye/journal/2009/04/07/2molbc_the_or... 2 of 2 5/31/2009 10:54 PM.